News tagged with hospital bills


Minimally invasive approach to weight-loss surgery reduces complications, study shows

A study by researchers at Stanford University Medical Center has found that a popular weight-loss operation is safer and reduces hospital bills when done with minimally invasive techniques rather than open surgery, which ...

Surgery created Jun 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Good health keeps wealth in old age

Ruth H. Clark of Pompano Beach, Fla., is a 95-year-old aerobic wonder, working out seven days a week.

Health created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Massachusetts' health care reform didn't raise hospital use, costs

Massachusetts' healthcare reform didn't result in substantially more hospital use or higher costs, according to data presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions ...

Health created May 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ireland publishes bill on life-saving abortions (Update)

Ireland unveiled a long-awaited bill Wednesday that lays down new rules governing when life-saving abortions can be performed, a point of potentially lethal confusion for women in a country that outlaws terminations.

Health created May 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0